ADVISORY/StarGen to Discuss the Benefits of Advanced Serial Switched Interconnects at Military Electronics Conference 2003.

News Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Sept. 16)

Military Electronics Conference 2003

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Military Design Engineer Conference to Feature StarGen's

Presentation Highlighting use of StarFabric, PCI Express and

Advanced Switching (AS) in Military Systems

    WHO: Stephen Christo of StarGen was invited to deliver a
        presentation on "New Degrees of Architectural Freedom for
        Embedded Distributed Processing Systems." Christo is director
        of strategic marketing at StarGen and is the editor of the
        PICMG 2.17 and PICMG 3.3 specifications. Attendees will learn
        the benefits of embedded distributed processing and the
        interconnect requirements within military electronics
        applications. The presentation will feature how using advanced
        serial switched interconnect architectures, such as
        StarFabric, PCI Express(TM) and Advanced Switching (AS), can
        advance the state of a wide range of systems, in terms of
        scalability, performance, and other advanced features.

    WHAT: A fabless semiconductor company that supplies advanced
        serial switched interconnect solutions, StarGen's StarFabric
        bridges and switch products are currently in full-production,
        with its most recent addition, the SG3010, TDM-to-StarFabric
        bridge in sample availability. StarFabric-based products are
        currently being designed-in to a wide range of market segments
        - including military electronics. StarGen recently unveiled
        the development of a new line of products, the StarXpress
        family of bridges and switches based on PCI Express and AS.

    WHERE: The Military Electronics Conference and Showcase 2003
        (www.mes2003.com), a Penton Technology Media event, will take
        place at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, MD. The
        show is a venue for designers of military systems and design
        engineers to learn more about the technologies and products
        that impact designs. The Military Electronics Conference
        presents technical sessions focusing on all levels of military
        component and system design, such as software simulation and
        test techniques, and it offers an exhibition area for
        manufacturers to showcase their latest hardware, software, and
        test equipment for government and military applications.

    WHEN: The conference will take place from Tuesday, September 16th
        through Wednesday, Septembers 17th. Specifically, StarGen's
        presentation will be on Tuesday, the 16th, from 1:30 to 2:00
        p.m.

About StarGen

StarGen is a semiconductor company providing advanced serial switched interconnect solutions for compute and communications equipment. It is the leading designer of low-overhead, protocol-agnostic, open standards-based serial switched architectures, which enable system designers to bring new capabilities to their system while using existing standards-based parts. StarGen's currently shipping StarFabric product line benefits vendors of access communication platforms for voice, data, and video networks as well as vendors of embedded systems needing enhanced switched PCI capability. StarGen is also currently developing StarXpress, a complementary line of products built upon the Advanced Switching standard and compatible with PCI Express(TM). These products will be ideal solutions for blade server, storage, and mid-range communications applications. StarGen's switched interconnect products provide a dramatic increase in equipment performance, scalability, reliability, and Quality of Service while maintaining backward compatibility to existing standards based hardware and software. StarGen (www.stargen.com) is headquartered in Marlborough, MA.

Note to editors: PCI Express is a trademark of PCI-SIG. StarGen, StarFabric, and StarXpress are trademarks of StarGen.